Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has unveiled plans to cope with a potential outbreak of the COVID-19 Omicron variant next year, including the reactivation of the home isolation program, as the main way to accommodate the infected, and community isolation facilities in Bangkok to shelter infected children, said Dr. Somsak Akksilp, director-general of Medical Services Department, today (Monday).

 

He stressed that both home and community isolation facilities would be the right response in the first 1-2 months of an Omicron outbreak, as information from many countries indicates that this rapidly spreading variant is not as life-threatening as the Delta strain. Most Omicron patients develop symptoms associated with upper respiratory tractinfection, such as fever, sore throat and dry cough, although there are some cases of mild lung infection but, after about three days of treatment with Favipiravir, their conditions improved.

 

In case there are more cases of serious lung infection, Dr.Somsak said that there will be about 11,000 hospital beds available.

 

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3 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has unveiled plans to cope with a potential outbreak of the COVID-19 Omicron variant next year, including the reactivation of the home isolation program, as the main way to accommodate the infected, and community isolation facilities in Bangkok to shelter infected children, said Dr. Somsak Akksilp, director-general of Medical Services Department, today (Monday).

Said so.  Open up the entire country to travel for New Years and then lock it down for the next 3 months.  Songkran 2021 redux. 
It' almost looks planned or these people at the top are complete idiots.

2 minutes ago, connda said:

Said so.  Open up the entire country to travel for New Years and then lock it down for the next 3 months.  Songkran 2021 redux. 
It' almost looks planned or these people at the top are complete idiots.

Yes, they shouldn't have opened up at all.

this is part of their daily/weekly contradictions, wait and tomorrow we will have a new version

Home isolation for your Thai wife, community isolation for the kiddies sans parents, and high-end highly expensive private hospitals albeit forcefully incarcerated milking institutions for their "rich farangs" husbands and fathers.

51 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

Yes, they shouldn't have opened up at all.

Although I came via test&go I do not think this is a safe route. There should be 5 days min quarantine for all to cover incubation period. On day 6 get pcr test. Forget LFT. Too unreliable.

I was thinking more along the lines of Anutin dressed as superman wielding a Fauci-Ray-Blaster and blowing Omicron into oblivious after which arresing Lex Xi-Ping Luther for crimes against humanity and sending him to a penal colony in North Hollywood to live out his days as a minimum wage 'extra.'

its nailed on there's a lockdown after new year.  I think we all know that.  

1 minute ago, Letseng said:

Although I came via test&go I do not think this is a safe route. There should be 5 days min quarantine for all to cover incubation period. On day 6 get pcr test. Forget LFT. Too unreliable.

You are vaccinated and yet you are afraid of contracting Covid?  Why?  You're safe.  Most the the world leaders said if you get the vaccines you won't get Covid.  Only the unvaccinated spread Covid.  Are you unvaccinated?  No? So you have nothing to worry about.  Test and quarantines should be a thing of the past for clean, vaccinated people!  I hate it when people spread conspiracy theories that the fully vaccinated get Covid no less spread it. 
It's an "epidemic of the unvaccinated."  All vaccinated citizens are "Safe!"  Stop spreading lies and rumors.  You'll create a panic. 
Vaccinated = Completely Safe!

19 minutes ago, Letseng said:

Although I came via test&go I do not think this is a safe route. There should be 5 days min quarantine for all to cover incubation period. On day 6 get pcr test. Forget LFT. Too unreliable.

They seem to be missing a lot of people with the test.

I wonder if some are pocketing the test money and letting the people go as if they have passed.

 

 

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Most Omicron patients develop symptoms associated with upper respiratory tractinfection, such as fever, sore throat and dry cough

The word 'fever' is missing from most descriptions of Omicron symptoms around the world, not all of them - but most of them.

 

If you're looking for active cases of Omicron, fever is not a good way to identify them which leaves the temperature scanners largely redundant.

 

4 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

Yes, they shouldn't have opened up at all.

A totally short sighted and narrow minded opinion if ever I’ve heard one?

 

This virus is going to be with us in one form or another for quite a few years yet and if it doesn’t burn itself out, the only way out of it is eventually achieving herd immunity. However whilst this will take some time, with the use of vaccines and controlled periods of exposure, it is achievable. The virus will mutate and spread regardless, whether it be through controlled/uncontrolled migration or possibly even a home grown Thailand mutation? Therefore to lockdown indefinitely is just delaying the inevitable whilst killing the economy.

 

What they should have done is stopped thinking that they are far superior to every other nation in the world, acknowledged the seriousness of the virus earlier and invested in some decent vaccines a lot sooner than they did?

why prepare??/ They better can cancel all celebrations and travels now to prevent a new outbreak...

1 hour ago, Trip Hop said:

A totally short sighted and narrow minded opinion if ever I’ve heard one

Thanks oh wise one.

 

Do everyone a favour and get a booster once you save enough money to travel to Thailand.

 

 

 

 

4 hours ago, ukrules said:

The word 'fever' is missing from most descriptions of Omicron symptoms around the world, not all of them - but most of them.

 

If you're looking for active cases of Omicron, fever is not a good way to identify them which leaves the temperature scanners largely redundant.

 

I've had covid for the past few days, presumably omicron, as it's sweeping through Australia where I am at the moment. 

 

I've had a low fever on and off. The others symptoms are those of a heavy cold - stuffy nose, sore throat and a cough. 

45 minutes ago, Capella said:

I've had covid for the past few days, presumably omicron, as it's sweeping through Australia where I am at the moment. 

 

I've had a low fever on and off. The others symptoms are those of a heavy cold - stuffy nose, sore throat and a cough. 

Don't agree, most cases in Australia are still delta inNSW they had a few with just one dead I live in WA and we have just 7 cases and none is omnicron.

1 hour ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

Don't agree, most cases in Australia are still delta inNSW they had a few with just one dead I live in WA and we have just 7 cases and none is omnicron.

From what I've heard WA is different. It's very isolated and still only relatively few cases so maybe Delta over there as you say. Here in NSW, by all accounts omicron is now the predominant strain.

 

It's certainly extremely contagious. I caught it from my wife who attended an office gathering in a restaurant that was later flagged as a hotspot to her via an SMS from the contact tracing service. Of the five people from my wife's office who were there, four caught covid. Omicron spreads like wildfire, and the incubation period is short - our symptoms appeared 3 or 4 days after contact, similar to a common cold.

9 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

Yes, they shouldn't have opened up at all.

But they haven't...

In any case look at other "hermetic" countries such as Laos... they know the same fate 

10 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

Yes, they shouldn't have opened up at all.

Another silly remark made by someone with obviously no worries about seeing their family or connecting with family

6 hours ago, Trip Hop said:

A totally short sighted and narrow minded opinion if ever I’ve heard one?

 

This virus is going to be with us in one form or another for quite a few years yet and if it doesn’t burn itself out, the only way out of it is eventually achieving herd immunity. However whilst this will take some time, with the use of vaccines and controlled periods of exposure, it is achievable. The virus will mutate and spread regardless, whether it be through controlled/uncontrolled migration or possibly even a home grown Thailand mutation? Therefore to lockdown indefinitely is just delaying the inevitable whilst killing the economy.

 

What they should have done is stopped thinking that they are far superior to every other nation in the world, acknowledged the seriousness of the virus earlier and invested in some decent vaccines a lot sooner than they did?

The virus is expected to always be with us, likely weakening and annual flu shots available for it. 

2 hours ago, alyx said:

But they haven't...

In any case look at other "hermetic" countries such as Laos... they know the same fate 

Problems with Laos and nieghboring countries is that it's so porous along the entire border.

 

Thousands of people crossing everyday.  Probably more than the there were legal crossings even before COVID-19.

 

Anyways, this current virus is so contagious theres no way to avoid it.

 

 

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Another silly remark made by someone with obviously no worries about seeing their family or connecting with family

Another Coleman reply than concludes his complete lack of knowledge about Thailand and the virus.

 

Anyway borders will most likely be closed within two weeks as the pandemic will be out of control here and hospitals packed to the gills.

 

But thanks for another one of your inane posts.

By the time I reached 8th or 9th post I could see that the Forum scientists had it all worked out. No need to read on, I have all the misinformation I need to make some ill informed decisions.

1 minute ago, Fairynuff said:

By the time I reached 8th or 9th post I could see that the Forum scientists had it all worked out. No need to read on, I have all the misinformation I need to make some ill informed decisions.

And where did you get the information or knowledge from that led you to that decision?

Just now, jacko45k said:

And where did you get the information or knowledge from that led you to that decision?

Well here of course.

12 hours ago, connda said:

It' almost looks planned or these people

Yes, it was planned by top phramas instead of admitting that their much propagandized vaccines are only 40% effective and also a continuous source of incomes if they could continue it for few more years or maybe for forever.

Just now, Fairynuff said:

Well here of course.

Justification for someone......

Whatever plan they come up with it can only be better than the just do as you please plan England came up with. At least the rest of the UK has some sensible management whilst England had 113,000 case today.

1 minute ago, Fairynuff said:

Whatever plan they come up with it can only be better than the just do as you please plan England came up with. At least the rest of the UK has some sensible management whilst England had 113,000 case today.

I am not a fan of the confused presentation the devolved government responsibilities has created in the UK. Some are showboating. The best front to present would be a united one.  

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